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Indianapolis Hoosiers @ St. Louis Terriers

1914-04-16 · Day game · Handlan's Park · Att: 20000 · 80°F, sunny, dry · 1:57

Indianapolis Hoosiers defeated St. Louis Terriers 7–3. Indianapolis Hoosiers put up 3 in the 3rd. Cy Falkenberg earned the win. Biddy Dolan went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
IND	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	8
SLF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7

W: Cy Falkenberg L: Bob Groom SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Brennan · 1B: Barry McCormick · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Indianapolis Hoosiers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Benny Kauff	4	1	1	2	0	0
Al Scheer	3	2	0	0	2	0
Everett Booe	2	1	1	0	1	1
Frank LaPorte	3	0	1	1	0	1
Biddy Dolan	4	1	2	4	0	0
Bill McKechnie	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Rariden	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Esmond	4	1	2	0	0	1
Cy Falkenberg	3	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Terriers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Bridwell	4	0	1	0	1	0
Al Boucher	4	1	1	0	0	2
Fred Kommers	3	1	1	2	1	1
Ward Miller	4	0	0	0	0	1
Delos Drake	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hughie Miller	3	0	2	1	1	1
Joe Mathes	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Simon	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Groom	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Tobin	1	0	0	0	0	1

Indianapolis Hoosiers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cy Falkenberg	9.0	7	3	8

St. Louis Terriers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Groom	9.0	8	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Benny Kauff: 63
Al Scheer: W
Everett Booe: DGR/8.1-3
Frank LaPorte: 5/FL/SF.3-H
Biddy Dolan: S9.2-H
Bill McKechnie: 23

Bot 1

Al Bridwell: 43
Al Boucher: S8
Fred Kommers: HR/9.1-H
Ward Miller: 8/F
Delos Drake: DGR/7
Hughie Miller: D7.2-H
Joe Mathes: 3/G

Top 2

Bill Rariden: 13
Jimmy Esmond: K
Cy Falkenberg: K

Bot 2

Mike Simon: D7
Bob Groom: 13/SH.2-3
Al Bridwell: W
Al Boucher: K
Fred Kommers: W.1-2
Ward Miller: K

Top 3

Benny Kauff: E6/G.B-1
Al Scheer: W.1-2
Everett Booe: 23/SH.2-3;1-2
Frank LaPorte: K
Biddy Dolan: HR/9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Bill McKechnie: W
Bill Rariden: CS2(24)

Bot 3

Delos Drake: 6/P
Hughie Miller: K23#
Joe Mathes: 8/F

Top 4

Bill Rariden: 4/F
Jimmy Esmond: D7
Cy Falkenberg: 13
Benny Kauff: S.2-H
Al Scheer: SB2
Al Scheer: 43

Bot 4

Mike Simon: K
Bob Groom: 53
Al Bridwell: 3/G

Top 5

Everett Booe: K/C
Frank LaPorte: S
Biddy Dolan: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Al Boucher: 13
Fred Kommers: K
Ward Miller: 2/FL

Top 6

Bill McKechnie: 8/F
Bill Rariden: 1/L
Jimmy Esmond: 63

Bot 6

Delos Drake: 13
Hughie Miller: S/BG
Joe Mathes: 43.1-2
Mike Simon: 63

Top 7

Cy Falkenberg: E5/G.B-1
Benny Kauff: 16(1)/FO
Al Scheer: CS2(26)
Al Scheer: 2/FL

Bot 7

Bob Groom: 53
Al Bridwell: S7/G
Al Boucher: FLE2
Al Boucher: K
Fred Kommers: 5#

Top 8

Everett Booe: W
Frank LaPorte: 2/FL
Biddy Dolan: 4/P
Bill McKechnie: SB2
Bill McKechnie: 3/F

Bot 8

Ward Miller: 5/FL
Delos Drake: 63
Hughie Miller: W
Joe Mathes: K

Top 9

Bill Rariden: S9
Jimmy Esmond: S1/BG.1-2
Cy Falkenberg: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Benny Kauff: 7/SF.3-H
Al Scheer: 2/FL

Bot 9

Mike Simon: 53
Jack Tobin: K
Al Bridwell: 3/L

Notes & reviews

First Major League game at Handlan's Park. Missouri Governor Elliott Major threw out ceremonial first pitch. Any balls into overflow crowd ground rule doubles.
First hit.
First sacrifice fly and RBI, Scheer scores first run.
First single.
First home run.
First sacrifice hit.
First stolen base.

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